Snappy Salads saves environment from 1.3M plastic straws

April 13, 2018

Legislators and environmentalists across the country are calling for awareness around plastic straws and the detrimental effects on landfills and coastlines.

3 restaurant franchisees tell franchisors how to earn their buy-in on tech upgrades

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator

Three franchisees advise corporate execs on how to get buy-in from their own franchisees when it comes to tech upgrades.

Red Robin, Melt Shop execs share cost-cutting secrets

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator

Spencer Rubin, founder and managing partner, Melt Shop; Carin Stutz, COO and executive vice president Red Robin; and Doug Hogrefe, a partner at 4 Top…

Potbelly Sandwich Shop opens catering kitchen in Plano, Texas

April 11, 2018

Potbelly Sandwich Shop in Plano, Texas, has opened a catering kitchen — the chain's third, according to a press release. Others are in Chicago and northern…

KFC Ad Director on turning Col. Sanders into brand's 'James Bond'

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

In 2015, deep in a tunnel beneath the "lions and tigers and bears" of the Louisville Zoo where KFC stored its corporate archives, the chicken chain's ad agency…

Rush Bowls heading to Indiana

April 10, 2018

Meals-in-a-bowl fast casual Rush Bowls will open the first of three Indiana-based restaurant franchise locations sometime this year.

Dog Haus to open first East Coast franchise location in Bethesda, Maryland

April 10, 2018

Dog Haus will open its first franchise location on the East Coast in Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday, April 13, according to a press release. The store at 790…

Native Puerto Rican overcomes Hurricane Maria to open Pita Pit in San Juan

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

After falling in love with pita bread during a post-college graduation trip to Lebanon in 2016, Puerto Rico native Valeria Quinones returned home five months…

Chipotle commits to reducing waste

April 9, 2018

Chipotle Mexican Grill is setting some pretty high standards when it comes to taking care of the planet, announcing today it will divert half of all restaurant…

SkinnyPizza squeezes into Connecticut

April 9, 2018

SkinnyPizza, a New York City-based chain that specializes in serving a healthier version of traditional New York-style pizza, is opening its first Connecticut…

Biscuitville names VP of people excellence

April 9, 2018

Biscuitville Fresh Southern has named Jess Williams vice president of people excellence, where she will focus on the company's talent management…

Paytronix app gives brands more control over mobile experience

April 9, 2018

Paytronix Systems Inc., a provider of mobile loyalty and online ordering applications, as well as mobile payment and digital communications tools, has…

Intelligent digital communications changing the world: Are you ready for it?

Drive-thru and other types of restaurant digital signage are getting smarter nearly by the second, which could trigger customer connection opportunities for…

ZIVELO Virtual Banking Expert Kiosks are Designed to Connect Your Customers with Expert-Level Services Regardless of Location

ZIVELO designs, manufactures and supplies Virtual Banking Expert kiosks to some of the largest banking and financial institutions in the country.

Panera Bread a potential source of New Jersey E.coli outbreak

April 6, 2018

Panera Bread locations in New Jersey may be the source of an E.coli outbreak under investigation by the state health department and Warren County Health…

By Chloe lands $31M for global expansion

April 6, 2018

ESquared's vegan concept, By Chloe, has landed $31 million to open 20 units in the next two years across the U.S., Europe and the Middle East. The company…

Taboonette Middleterranean Kitchen awarding franchise deals

April 6, 2018

Taboonette Middleterranean Kitchen, a fast casual restaurant in Union Square, near New York City’s Greenwich Village, is now offering franchise deals…

Jersey Mike's searching pizza market for franchisees

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Sometimes a brand's best potential franchisee "pickings" are already operating entirely different buy operationally similar types of restaurants.

True Food Kitchen named 'top emerging brand' of 2018

April 6, 2018

At the top of data analytics firm Fishbowl's emerging brands list, this year, is a concept that encapsulates just about everything consumers are demanding…

McAlister's Deli names Joe Guith brand president

April 5, 2018

McAlister's Deli has named Joe Guith brand president, according to a press release.    Guith joined Focus Brands, parent company to McAlister's Deli, in 201…